Afternoon,
I was wondering if anyone here has experience with training in both running and cycling in the same day. I just started road biking, have one 20 mile ride under my belt and am going for 30 today. I've been training for track with my high school team (home from college for the summer and have no one to run with) and theres a practice today. The way I've plotted it out now ill ride from about 230 to 530 to arrive at the track at 6. Is this too much? I know you'll need some experience biking and running in the same day for competition purpose, but im afraid of overtraining, injuring myself, or not giving either cycling or running sufficient attention and effort. How should I balance these two activities, considering I'd like to improve steadily in both?
Additionally...
After my first ride i felt i had a decent workout, primarily because i had never ridden a bike that long. As i get accustomed to more time in the saddle, what are some ways of cracking into a real training program for cycling? I don't necessarily want to look to coaching until im more experienced, but want to make sure im not just going for another bike ride.
I was wondering if anyone here has experience with training in both running and cycling in the same day. I just started road biking, have one 20 mile ride under my belt and am going for 30 today. I've been training for track with my high school team (home from college for the summer and have no one to run with) and theres a practice today. The way I've plotted it out now ill ride from about 230 to 530 to arrive at the track at 6. Is this too much? I know you'll need some experience biking and running in the same day for competition purpose, but im afraid of overtraining, injuring myself, or not giving either cycling or running sufficient attention and effort. How should I balance these two activities, considering I'd like to improve steadily in both?
Additionally...
After my first ride i felt i had a decent workout, primarily because i had never ridden a bike that long. As i get accustomed to more time in the saddle, what are some ways of cracking into a real training program for cycling? I don't necessarily want to look to coaching until im more experienced, but want to make sure im not just going for another bike ride.